Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
For a better reading experience (better text formatting), please click on the link above in your email, or Click Here For a whole host of reasons these days feel a little dark and foreboding — just like it is when a hurricane is ready to make landfall. Who doesn’t feel a little: exposed vulnerable endangered unsafe\ We need to remind each other these days are … Continue reading Finding Your Safe Place
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly. That is the first law of nature.” ~ Voltaire I’d like to share my story of how I learned a new language — the language of the heart. Not long after I sobered up I bought a cabin on the Swinomish … Continue reading How I Learned A New Language
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL AND JOIN US ON OUR HOME PAGE, or click here. “It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never … Continue reading Good Endings Aren’t Necessarily Happy
TO ENJOY THE VIDEO IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here. A life story can never be written alone for the simple reason we don’t live alone, and because we don’t ~ we need the help of others to make sense of our experience. Editors collaborate with us in the telling of the story of: who we are … Continue reading Who Edits Your Story?
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here. “To love at all is to be vulnerable.” ~ C.S. Lewis NOTE FROM MARSHA: Eileen and I have been friends since we were 10 years old. Today, she shares her poignant story of learning to receive care and support from others. As someone who shares the kind … Continue reading Vulnerability and Grace (by Eileen)